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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 133, 4 June 1873, Page 2

A Successful evasion of the Prussian order forbidding tl^,d|^play^b|, the^icolor was recently *^pi*% at St|a|pourg*^Py three young ladies,^h^walkto^ouiMAe streets, one dressed in red, "another in white, and the third in blue. During the past two or throe weeks -£says the Oamaiu,* p^per), jarge numbers % Trp.duckl^-lo^l^ brace-Yhave^ teen brought to town by one person, who gains his living by shooting, we aro told, : by the aid of„a swivel: gun. and . decoys. A Resident at Ross, Westland, upon fbeifa'g/sued^YitheiPoW Cricket Club for 'the detention of a ~hn\\ which had been hit over his fence, and which ihe (or rather his wife) refused to restore, was ordered to pay 15s and^cpsts. inTdefault of restoration. - _■■ yi — "yyxppp.' ------ • A PosfeH. Two' weavers ' who were drunk went to the, Rochdale canal, pne^ of %eii*i attempting 1 to bathe, w^i drowned j ; the other, who was, top^runkWnHfempt ; hatbiug, slept oh'' the b ; snk, and conse-,. quentjy -*^.asn' t drowned., ;We should like to ltiiow the;temperap^ VreW.df r tb:e casei,7 The^oby.ibus conclusion .isVthajb^the wPJie drunk you get, and" the^ more. "ypu -avoid-. cold water, the. better* jor you., Eh ? — Punch.- X: ■ ; i:-.< ;■"-•• ; The following calculation ought to : s'(a*r'tle > th'9 J .bqlde : Sti lover'bt the ,Wf3ed :— -If ' a tbbpj|*ychew^ of" a pi ugirper-.day .for fifty years.j he will chew.in that period 6,470 feet*, 1 or /nearly half- 7 al-mile, an incbvthick.and two inches broad, costing : SOOO dollars'. 1 And ejecting one - pint of saliva, per day for fifty years;, the total' would swelK.into 230P N /gallons — ji respectable Take, filmopt enough to float the Gc-at Eastern in" S P.. .. : The following interesting piece ? of news is extracted from , the; Walkatip Mail: — !So keen iis* ithe competition between the rival,-^i*j^B;:runuipg , f^'Offi Kingston to Wiut'oa^'tMf p?»s.s|ngers«ar ( c. not only car\ ried feeej-b'ut Is..; apiece has; -been offered; for -the privilege- of carry ing -the corpus vile- to 'its proposed' destination. The', . Coaches arVbr6'ught r to" the jetty at : Kings -; ton, ahd -tlie .walk' to that picturesque' township. saved- into the bargain. „ , i The Auckland correspondent of the 'iQtago Daily TTimes'.. writes --^Perhaps yoiir readers. niay beiinterested in knowing something of Mr Mackay. He is* an' able,, ehe7fe'eyi;c..'man ? "fyh'os^ ibflueiice -"-villi the ,Mabnlsls I very I .gV.eotr:-.--.**59.-hPß ; earned that "influence by a thorough knowledge of theircharacter, language, and habits, and has; niaintaihe^ s ty a'bpld anfy open front in : all his] ;de%iingS; *witiiy themf^never. giving way one jot when thinking himself in the rights ; By this means he succeeded iti .■gfetting. ibo , telegraph . lines . through to TaUrWga from 'the' 'Thames, and has also succeeded .in -purchasing" more land from ythe natives for the Government than any 'othei:\tfon'in.fthe^..p^6yihcß. During the lasli few month's he has in this way pur-7 chased over half a million of acres, chiefly i'at Whangamata and about Coromandel. He has also acted as agent- for many of the, chiefs, in taking their iland , through the Lauds Court, but has taken no part in politics beyond- ** the- 'Provincial Council, where he sits as representative of the Thames. Mr Mackay • was the trusted agent of Mr Stafford in his dealings with the Maoris, and. it is 'said; was on his way to the King, with a piission, of some kind, when ,th^7, Stafford Ministry were turned out after .their short tenure ,\of office last jSessionj .-.;_,.,. ; ;. ,; ; I P.OLiTiCAi,?feeling' in Otago seems tobe thordughly^arffufied^and nb lack of candidktSs for the Provincial Counbil. seats wilt ibe felt. A general disposition is. however shown to, improve the standard of the Council by; the exclusion of men described by the Hoh.'^Mrßißynolds as haying no "interest' beyond 'themselves aiid the toothbrushes which form their outfit. . The iol T ; ' lowing .-.remarks are from, that gentleman's .recent;;:spe.eeh' in ;,addreeaing his; cocstiiqen^s :-**-'^Eor nearly 20 -I have been your representative in the Provincial "Council,; lan^!I an^ !? T'l ' ?: must'; say * 'tlHat' : d.iir'iiig ; all.; that tirn.e-I never met; v^ith a body, of men so inferior as rthe present. . Provincial Council.-^^-CHeaR, hear,: and loud audcOn.tinued applause. A Voice 1 Do you include yourself; ?i-7-Laugh ter), I have aliways; felt it ] t6 f be'a disgrace to be associated, with some of thera.~(Hear, and applause.) They have not been study ing the interests of the province. They have .been stu^iig t -Bin|^iy ,3 th%iir f >bwn 1 |mindness, and how" tney' could obstruct the progress which thy "Superintendent proposed. — (Heaiy hear, ".atid: applause,) It isjfull time there was a change, and as I had intimfttion :giyen:>to;me to-day that 17 should (ibQn -hauled *pver^the .coals' jas < a - ■j. member of the, .Colpni^l r Goyei*n'aient because the -' Colbriral'" Govefti&ient have sabctiojn'ed.a.'arsiloliatiohpl , how' state, ray own views quite J( freely,} ; ans A wit*hput the slight^t. Jiesitalipn, „v X dP; ( tf ust, ,*go.*«? *^hat , thißre will be 'a general eie'etion, that" the electors will return — I was going; -to. Bay f more respectable^ *^e.n-^-(oh.j arjdi-laughter) — jbut I will jojtily "say ,more' Wnest and inielli^ent-'-fepresentativ'esi'" I am not talking of the late members' private moraKiy) but ofjjt^eirppHti^al hpi&^ty; (I ask you to return honest men— and not • men-who go there bimply for the sake of making -^ living, as I know some of them 7^30." Again, on the subject :of: -the abolition of cPrpvinqial Councils, he is reported to have said : — '* He had hardly come to 1 h lit d ecisipn>r jge t.y -jT-heyj Ji ad*; -y-been .' the making of the colony j|but if the electors /returned^such.nien aa, had been: returned., latbly, T^pvihcial * |iis|i|;uti6ns '.^jtml'd "b^a, ; positive cuVse.7 * W^pii * the ' other .'hand, the electors returned' good' men, Provincial ; Councils were a. capitaCcHeck upon the Colonial GoverffnSeht." llairs, not. BRiSTLES.-T-"-I-.am .willing to split hairs with my opponent all .'day if he.insists on it,''. said. a celebrated,, lrish lawyer, in a^Bpee , ch J i 'ftt';'tiie*\'bay.^^-''»"'SpUt that, then/ said the opponent, pulling a specimeh from his own head, and extend- : ing it. — " May it please your lordships, I didut say bristles? was the reply.

"i|A late numiJjQfcJof- the Australasian sjiys s-p-JMahukay. b'nce tbe champion of $je Ne^lSleala-gr-^^ and latterly one of |hp si**i^||peate^ stud, Will in all probability' change his quarters before the commencement of next season, Mr Petty having had several offers from persons , ( anxious t0 ... secure .-.the „ horse, „ ampn^ {hem?: one f from 7 the land $£ [tm 'horse's-birfh/NewZeal'and.' '' *"' ""'